Ended Official 2020 BYC Halloween Hatch-Along

[Kiki]

@Kiki are you setting? This is your official reminder.

 

[ShannonsChimkens]

TODAY IS THE DAY TO SET QUAIL!!!!!!!!!!!

I’m so excited. I just got a new brooder made, and I found feed at the feed store.

Is anyone sneaking in a day 3 candle of their chicken eggs or is everyone waiting til day 4 or later?

Got a wild hair and candled three of the chicken eggs. Two had signs of veins. One looked like it quit. Still too early to know for absolute sure that it quit. All 5 duck eggs are going strong so far

On a sad note, my Swedish Flower pullet was almost killed by a hawk. Her nostrils were almost torn off, small piece of her head torn. Thank goodness we have emus! They heard the commotion and stopped her from being eaten.

Shes the one in the video called Flower Duck.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

TODAY IS THE DAY TO SET QUAIL!!!!!!!!!!!

I’m so excited. I just got a new brooder made, and I found feed at the feed store.

Is anyone sneaking in a day 3 candle of their chicken eggs or is everyone waiting til day 4 or later?

I rarely candle and with very dark eggs, it would be an exercise in futility to candle so early. It would be extremely difficult to even see an air cell let alone any hint of development.
I may look at candling differently if the majority of my eggs were white.
So as a matter of practice, I don't rely on candling until well after the second week and usually only candle once or at most twice.
For determining air cell drawdown, I rely on weight loss.

 

[Chookwagn]

TODAY IS THE DAY TO SET QUAIL!!!!!!!!!!!

I’m so excited. I just got a new brooder made, and I found feed at the feed store.

Is anyone sneaking in a day 3 candle of their chicken eggs or is everyone waiting til day 4 or later?

I candle on day 10..... by then its really obvious whats growing and whats not... then candle again at lockdown


I wish I had some quail eggs to hatch... but then again I dont think I would have any room in my bator.....

 

[Sammi_0411]

I candle on day 10..... by then its really obvious whats growing and whats not... then candle again at lockdown


I wish I had some quail eggs to hatch... but then again I dont think I would have any room in my bator.....

Knowing u probs not mate

 

[jolenesdad]

Got a wild hair and candles three of the chicken eggs. Two had signs of veins. One looked like it quit. Still too early to know for absolute sure that it quit. All 5 duck eggs are going strong so far

On a sad note, my Swedish Flower pullet was almost killed by a hawk. Her nostrils were almost torn off, small piece of her head torn. Thank goodness we have emus! They heard the commotion and stopped her from being eaten.

Shes the one in the video called Flower Duck.

I’m so glad she is okay!!!!!!

 

[Chookwagn]

Knowing u probs not mate

I got Pheasant eggs coming next week to try find a spot for

 

[jolenesdad]

I rarely candle and with very dark eggs, it would be an exercise in futility to candle so early. It would be extremely difficult to even see an air cell let alone any hint of development.
I may look at candling differently if the majority of my eggs were white.
So as a matter of practice, I don't rely on candling until well after the second week and usually only candle once or at most twice.
For determining air cell drawdown, I rely on weight loss.

If I’m doing shipped eggs, I candle at 4 and 6 days to catch early quitters so the bacteria doesn’t grow. Then I don’t candle often again until before lockdown. dark eggs I also rarely candle. I candle around day 12 to see if you can see the shadow break of a developing egg clearly and that’s about it

I will probably candle quail eggs a lot more because I’ve never had them before.

BUT, I cannot keep my hands OFF of duck eggs. They’re so transparent and AMAZING!!!

 

[BantyChooks]

Do it.

 

[Sammi_0411]

I got Pheasant eggs coming next week to try find a spot for

Lol of cause